WEBER CENTER IS BURNED BY CAMP REMARKS

Ken Redfield bears no visible scars from his experiences at last summer`s B/C basketball camp, at least not on the outside. Nonetheless, the 6-foot-6-inch senior center from Weber has been marked.

After a week at the camp in Rensselaer, Ind., Redfield`s stock as a college prospect reportedly had gone down. He would have to prove himself anew this season.

''One of my goals is to prove to everybody I`m better than what they think I am,'' he said.

Redfield strode purposefully into the proving ground Friday and exited with one of the finest performances of his three-year varsity career. He scored a career-high 39 points, hitting 14 of 22 shots from the floor, to lead Weber to an 84-61 victory over visiting Westinghouse. He also had 11 rebounds, 5 blocked shots and 3 steals.

''I think he proved his ability tonight,'' said first-year Weber coach John Bonk.

If that performance wiped out the nightmare of the summer camp evaluation, Redfield wasn`t saying.

''I want to prove that we have a good team,'' he said. ''Individually, I don`t want to prove anything right now. I think I should be noticed more than I am, but I can accept it because I`m a team player. Come the end of the season, we`ll all get ours.''

Redfield led the Catholic League in rebounding the past two seasons. Last year, when he averaged 20.6 points and 10.9 rebounds a game, he also led the league in scoring.

''Some people think he`s a great player and some people don`t think he played that well at camp,'' Bonk said, shrugging off Redfield`s critics. ''I think if you talk to him, he thinks he has something to prove. As far as I`m concerned, he doesn`t have to prove anything to me. He just has to keep on playing the way he`s been playing.''

Redfield, who began collecting plaudits when he scored 31 points against Thornton and 6-9 Darren Guest as a sophomore, had never attended any of the summer camps.

''You`re looking at national camps where they try to buy the beef off of the hoof,'' said Westinghouse coach Frank Lollino. ''I would question the integrity and the credibility of the people making those evaluations. It has to be demoralizing because you`re only a human being. You`re doing the best you can and people are not satisfied with your best.''

Lollino said Mark Aguirre, who played for him at Westinghouse, was criticized for his performances at summer camps before his senior season. Aguirre, who starred at De Paul, plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association.

''They rapped him as being lazy and everything else and he made high school All-America,'' Lollino said. ''Mark Aguirre went to the same camp (as Redfield) and he`s making $11 million. So, what kind of integrity does that guy (the evaluator) have?''

Redfield played for Lollino`s Westinghouse team in the Adidas summer league last summer.

-- Libertyville`s 55-54 North Suburban Conference victory over visiting North Chicago Friday was impressive because the Wildcats did it without center Bryan Wilcox. The 6-7, 225-pound Wilcox, a member of The Tribune`s All-State football team, is sidelined by a knee injury suffered during the football season.

''If they scope it (arthroscopic surgery), we`ll possibly have him back by Christmas,'' said Libertyville coach Max Sanders. ''But we`re really not counting on him until Christmas.''

-- How good is Jay Retzinger, the 6-5 senior forward from Mundelein? Ask Zion-Benton coach Phil Judson, who saw Retzinger score 37 points Friday to lead Mundelein to a 65-57 North Suburban Conference victory over his Zee-Bees. ''He`s a fine basketball player,'' Judson said. ''We had a guy in front of him and a guy behind him. They just look for him.''

Zion played without standout forward Dane Alexander, who was held out because of a school disciplinary reason.

-- Evanston coach Mike Hart is still looking for a point guard and a center to team with returning starters Bob Bost, a 6-2 guard, and Brian and Tim Brown, 6-5 forwards. Evanston, ranked No. 6 in The Tribune`s preseason poll, lost 49-44 to Prospect Friday in Mt. Prospect.

Michael Jones and Jim O`Brien are battling for the point guard position. Jones played most of the game Friday, but Hart was not overly impressed.

Lonnie Ball, a 6-6 junior, is the leading candidate at center. ''The films tell the story,'' Hart said. ''I`ve watched it three times and we obviously have problems there.''